DAVID PRICE: HOLDING TRUMP ACCOUNTABLE FOR HEARTLESS, INHUMANE MASS DEPORTATION AGENDA: At a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) detention facility in Laredo, Texas, I had a disturbing conversation with a 36-year old from El Salvador who was fleeing explicit threats of violence from criminal gangs. Facing certain death at home, he embarked on a nearly 1,500-mile long journey to join his sister, who was legally residing in the United States. Unfortunately, due to recent unilateral action by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, credible claims of gang violence no longer qualify an individual for asylum in our country—one of many heartless steps the administration has taken to make it more difficult for the world’s persecuted and oppressed to seek refuge in the United States. The following day, I met with immigrant children, living without their parents in a shelter in San Antonio operated by the Catholic Archdiocese. I had the opportunity to speak to 15 girls between the ages of 5 and 16. The group included children who had been separated from their parents as a result of President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy, as well as children who had arrived unaccompanied at the border, fleeing desperate situations in their home countries.
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TOM FETZER TRIES TO BLACKBALL CHANCELLOR CANDIDATE WITH UNAUTHORIZED PROBE: Several members accused Fetzer, a Wilmington lobbyist and former Raleigh mayor, of breaching confidentiality by revealing the top contender’s name to a firm he sought out to look into the candidate’s background. Fetzer, who joined the meeting after it was underway, defended himself, saying there was “a misrepresentation of fact” on the candidate’s CV, or academic resume. Board member and former Chairman Lou Bissette said Fetzer’s behavior was “way outside the realm” of a board member’s role. What happened, he said, wasn’t right. “An individual member of our board took it upon himself to go out and locate some kind of firm to look into the particular candidate and a report was put together,” said Bissette, an Asheville lawyer. “It was sent to all of our board members approximately two hours before our board meeting. ...You know, we’re bound by confidentiality requirements ourselves. This was really an unauthorized disclosure of confidential search information to a third party.”
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/article215590130.html

NC REPUBLICANS PASS BILL REMOVING "R" DESIGNATION FOR SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE: Two Republicans are running for a seat on the North Carolina Supreme Court this November, but Republican state legislators don’t want voters to know that. A bill filed by state Senate Majority Leader Harry Brown would not allow Chris Anglin to be listed as a Republican on the ballot. But the incumbent in the election, Supreme Court Justice Barbara Jackson, would still be listed as a Republican. The Democrat in the race, Durham civil rights attorney Anita Earls, would also continue to be listed as a Democrat. Anglin isn’t mentioned by name in the bill, which says: “The party information listed by each of the following candidates’ names is shown only if the candidates’ party affiliation or unaffiliated status is the same as on their voter registration at the time they filed to run for office and 90 days prior to that filing.”
https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/article215443760.html

NC GOP MAY USURP COMMISSION ROLE OF WRITING SUMMARIES FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: The General Assembly may come back into session in the coming days to write short summaries of the proposed constitutional amendments that will be before voters this November. That's supposed to be the purview of a three-person commission, but House Rules Chairman David Lewis wrote House Speaker Tim Moore on Saturday with concerns about the commission's work. Lewis, R-Harnett, said in his letter that he's worried about "maneuverings" by unnamed outside political groups trying to sway the commission. "Politicized captions" with "long sentences or negative language" could hurt the amendments' chances for passage, Lewis wrote. The General Assembly is controlled by Republican super-majorities. Two of the three commission members are Democrats: Secretary of State Elaine Marshall and Attorney General Josh Stein.
https://www.wral.com/general-assembly-may-hold-surprise-session/17712843/

WHITE SUPREMACIST GANG MEMBERSHIP ON THE RISE IN NC: "We're not sure what's causing it. It's just a trend we're starting to see, and we're trying to figure that out," Taylor told members of the state Emergency Response Commission. "We don't know what's causing it other than this one group that seems to be standing out right now – Bound for Glory." Russell Jackson, a DPS intelligence agent, said national groups like the Ku Klux Klan and Aryan Pride also are expanding across the state, including inside the prison system. "Not only are we seeing them increasing in numbers, but we're seeing them increasing in violence and violent behavior," Jackson said. Many white supremacy groups engage in the same criminal enterprises as other gangs, Taylor said, and some gangs have even developed their own dark web apps to communicate out of sight of law enforcement. But he said recruiting is still mostly done via social media or in person.
https://www.wral.com/white-supremacist-gangs-growing-in-nc-officials-say/17711284/